A DRIVER clocked speeding at 78mph in a 30mph zone on the A485 coast road in Ceredigion has been banned for six months.

Meshach Marquis, of Heol Tyn-y-Fron, Penparcau, Aberystwyth, was driving a BMW in the early evening at Llanilar on December 11 last year when he was caught.

Marquis had pleaded guilty under the single justice procedure but had to attend court at Aberystwyth Justice Centre as magistrates considered the case too serious.

As well as a six-month driving ban, the 23-year-old was fined £140 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.